Title :
Micromachined Horn Antenna Operating at 75 GHz
Author :
Grzegorczyk, Tomasz M. ; Zürcher, Jean-François ; Renaud, Philippe ; Mosig, Juan R.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire d´´Electromagnétisme et d´´Acoustique (LEMA) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tomasz.Grzegorczyk@epfl.ch
Abstract :
We propose in this paper an integrated cavity-backed horn antenna, generalizing the well-known SSFIP (Strip-Slot-Foam-Inverted Patch) design, operating at 75 GHz. The antenna was optimized using a full-wave software and realized using micromachining technologies. The proposed structure can be used for high radiation efficiency antennas and arrays in the millimeter-wave band, since surface waves are inherently suppressed by the use of a metallic horn and a cavity configuration.
Keywords :
Antenna feeds; Fabrication; Green´s function methods; Horn antennas; Integral equations; Maxwell equations; Micromachining; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Millimeter wave technology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
Conference_Location :
Paris, France
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2000.338676
